Gyrodinium postmaculatum Kofoid & Swezy 1921
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Subkingdom Harosa (supergroup SAR)
Infrakingdom Halvaria
Phylum Dinoflagellata
Subphylum Myzozoa
Infraphylum Dinophyta
Superclass Dinoflagellata
Class Dinophyceae
Order Gymnodiniales
Family Gyrodiniaceae
Genus Gyrodinium
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Gyrodinium postmaculatum Kofoid & Swezy 1921: 328, fig. DD: 20; pl. 6: fig. 64; pl. 8: fig. 91
Published in: Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921). The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Memoirs of the University of California 5: i-viii, 1-562. Download PDF
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gyrodinium is Gyrodinium spirale (Bergh) Kofoid & Swezy.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pavillardia tentaculifera Kofoid & Swezy 1921
Gyrodinium rubricaudatum Kofoid & Swezy 1921
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Key references
Schiller, J. (1933). Dinoflagellatae (Peridineae) in monographischer behandlung.. In: Dr. L. Rabenhosrst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 2. Aufl. 10. Bd 3. Abt. 1 Teil. (Kolkwitz, R. Eds), pp. 433-617. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H.
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